Teaching happiness (economics) in your dismal-science courses
This paper discusses ideas for incorporating the study of happiness and other measures of self-reported or subjective well-being (SWB) into undergraduate economics courses. We begin by motivating why students of economics would benefit from learning about SWB, and then proceed to provide examples of ways to introduce this topic into different parts of the curriculum: macroeconomics, microeconomics, and upper division electives.
Publication Details
- Journal
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Type
- article
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